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January 2017

January 03, 2017
by Kerry Pimblott When I began writing Faith in Black Power almost a decade ago...
January 02, 2017
by Derrick Holmes It’s so quiet.  I would love to start this piece with a...

December 2016

December 11, 2016
by Derrick Holmes In 2007, Universal Studios produced a movie entitled “American Gangster”.  Set in...
December 09, 2016
Reverend Derrick K. Holmes is the oldest son of Tyrell & Christine Groom, was born...
December 07, 2016
by Matt Vega I wish white liberals would stop telling us the election of Trump...
December 05, 2016
by Crystal St. Marie Lewis I have watched the new era of our democracy unfold...
December 02, 2016
Below is part of a speech I gave for the Center for African & African...

November 2016

November 25, 2016
Below is a speech I gave at New Bethel Baptist Church on November 1, 2016...
November 14, 2016
In 2006 conservative politicians and the Republican party in general had a seemly strong and...
November 14, 2016
In the wake of the recent election, I put together a list of now debunked...

October 2016

October 25, 2016
After pondering about the relative silence of White Christians in the latest spat of high-profile...
October 24, 2016
As many of our readers know, R3 has a book series with Lexington Books, a...
October 15, 2016
by Deven Lyle Outside of Planned Parenthood’s Greater Memphis area location, members of the Say...

September 2016

September 30, 2016
  by Ebony Adedayo On Wednesday, I awoke to the news that Bethel University's St....
September 28, 2016
[View the story "#WhiteChurchQuiet" on Storify]
September 27, 2016
When I started #WhiteChurchQuiet, I had no idea that so many would not only follow...
September 26, 2016
[View the story "#R3POTUSDebate" on Storify]
September 23, 2016
  by Erin Daza Sigler For those of you who consider yourself patriotic, what does...
September 23, 2016
by. Rev. T. Renee Crutcher Let me be the first to say that I applaud...
September 21, 2016
[View the story "#WhiteChurchQuiet" on Storify]
September 21, 2016
by Daniel White Hodge Sigh.....let me gather my thoughts...I realize here at work I'm supposed...
September 18, 2016
by Andre E. Johnson When I first read Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow,...
September 18, 2016
by Matthew Vega My sophomore year of high school, I was sent to an alternative...
September 15, 2016
As mothers there are certain expectations and demands society places on us. This role sometimes...
September 11, 2016
The Memphis Commercial Appeal is reporting that Dr. Marcia Bowden and her husband, Ira Marche...
September 04, 2016
by Benjamin Short This happened recently while tailgating for Memphis. Tent next to ours was...

August 2016

August 31, 2016
by Matthew Vega I’m not sure what happened to Chris Brown. I remember working in...
August 30, 2016
by Dameon Madison “The year was 2016, it was seemingly a rebirth of consciousness, the...
August 29, 2016
by Peter Gathje The conversation was around the sentencing of the man who killed Semaj. ...
August 24, 2016
by Randall Mullins A friend of mine decided to begin a group to talk about...
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